Nintendo registers 'Super Mario 4' domain

Nintendo of America registered "supermario4.com" early this month, as discovered by an IGN reader. IGN speculates that this title could be related to the as-yet nameless side-scrolling 3DS Mario game announced late last year. Of course, Nintendo is aggressive about picking up domains for names it might use, so this isn't exactly ironclad proof of the next game's name.

There's also the little matter of there already being a Super Mario Bros. 4. Super Mario World was subtitled just that for its Japanese release. Are we to believe that there could be two Super Mario games with the same title? That's just too confusing to be... (Continue Reading...)

Street Fighter X Tekken sales fall short of Capcom expectations, 'cannibalism' blamed

Street Fighter X Tekken may have sold over a million units since launch, but Capcom recently declared that the game didn't hit internal expectations.

"Sales of Street Fighter X Tekken have fallen short of our plan. We believe one of causes is cannibalism because of the large number of other games in this genre that were launched within a short time," Capcom stated in a Q&A following its earnings release.

Although such a quote could be directed at companies like Warner Bros.' Mortal Kombat, Namco Bandai's Soulcalibur 5 or indie titles like Skullgirls, we prefer to imagine Capcom speaking that quote into a mirror.

As Eurogamer notes, since bringing back the fighting genre to popular consciousness with Street Fighter 4 in 2008 (consoles in 2009), the company itself has launched: Super Street Fighter 4,... (Continue Reading...)


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